Patience, a human woman. In love, totally and tied to an Andelean. Aboard a ship which had a personality. Wow. Who seemed to be evolving. Double wow. There were times when the nightmare which had become her life, was best described as a dream. With all its full technicolour of life. Life. Patience wondered on hers. As she had regularly lately. What was it to become? Her life... There was so much for her to see and do. But life...